I was going to take out the older players and just list the youngsters, but it wasn’t necessarily: most of these guys are on the young side. The starts by Myers, Rizzo and Taveras have gotten plenty of attention already, and those three are the best prospects on this list. Gattis’ story is also one everybody should know. He’s played 15 games at catcher and nine in left field this year as the Braves try to figure out how he might fit in.

Bradley is another worthy of notice; a disappointing junior year at South Carolina caused him to slip in the draft and the Red Sox took him with their third pick, which was 40th overall. He’s putting up his numbers in a pitcher’s league and has 11 steals to boot. The Red Sox will probably want to test him with Double-A soon. If he keeps this up, it’ll take some of the pressure off the need to re-sign Jacoby Ellsbury prior to free agency.

And then there’s LaPorta, who might be due another look in Cleveland with Casey Kotchman floundering. The Indians could really use another power right-handed bat to complement all of their left-handers. LaPorta, though, has a history of reverse platoon splits: he’s hit righties much better than lefties as a major leaguer. The same thing is going on in Triple-A this year, too.